1 Thessalonians 4
Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, December 14.
Does the Bible give practical wisdom for your everyday life?
Listen to Paul teach in 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12, “Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another, for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more, and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.”
Here are 4 practical points of advice Paul gives in how we are to “walk” or live the Christian life:
- BE HEALTHY IN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS: The proof of our love for God is how we love one another. The purity of our “brotherly love” (9) is the evidence of our sanctification (3).
- FOCUS YOUR LIFE’S MESSAGE: When we “live quietly” (11): we are not hiding our light under a bushel, rather we are focusing our life on the Light of the Gospel. We are turning down all the other ambient light of our lives, so that what people see and hear from us is the Gospel!
- BE EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY: God cares that we “mind our own affairs” (11). Being a gossip, or needing to know information about other people’s lives, distracts you and detracts from your ability to be in God’s will in your own life.
- WORK WITH A PURPOSE: the ability to “work with your hands” (11) is a gift from God and He cares that whatever you do, you do your work with your whole heart to His Glory.
Paul teaches us that we are to follow these four teachings “SO THAT [we] may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one” (12). It’s all for God’s glory!
Seize the moment and shine His light by the way you live your everyday lives.
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